The Confucius family would always be delayed for a few days in understanding the progress of the imperial debate on the rituals of worshiping Confucius. During these few days, under the joint attack of Zhang Fujing and Yang Tinghe, the two main debaters in the original ceremony debate, they opposed the re-designation of Confucius.
The people worshiping the ceremony were left and right.
The good news is that Zhang Fujing finally left Beijing.
The bad news is that many volumes of Wang Shouren's "Examinations of Practical Studies and Dialectics" were copied out at an outrageous speed.
The emperor initially just asked the literate ministers in the palace to copy the copies day and night. After the five copies were handed over to Zhang Fujing, Yang Tinghe and others, they naturally found people to copy more.
Zhu Houcong proposed the theory of the three principles of heaven, matter, and man quite early, in the first year of Jiajing.
However, these intellectual views were deliberated and discussed for a long time in the imperial study room and before leaving the capital to consult with the public, and it was not until the end of the second year of Jiajing that they were officially made known to the outside world.
Until now, this is the first book to specifically discuss these intellectual perspectives.
Yang Ting and the others have too many things to do and cannot complete this work.
Although Zhu Houcong was eloquent, it would be useless if he could easily quote scriptures and express them using the logic and words that everyone is accustomed to in today's knowledge.
And Ding You's Wang Shouren can be said to have taken advantage of the right time, place, people and people.
The Confucian Sacrifice Code is just an attitude and symbolic debate. This practical study and dialectics are a direct challenge to Neo-Confucianism and even Confucianism, which is now an official school!
Yang Tinghe has already got a set and has read the third volume.
"Father, take a rest."
Among the four sons, Yang Shen is in Guangdong, and Yang Dun is a water patrol censor. The third son Yang Huan has given up taking the exam again and has been selected as a scholar in Yinzhong. The fourth son Yang Zhen has passed the exam eight years ago and he still wants to try again.
Give it a try.
Seeing his son bring a cup of tea, Yang Tinghe first put down the book, and then asked him: "Where did you read?"
"My son has just read the beginning of the second volume. Wang Dutai dissects the principles of things and people. It seems that he no longer adheres to the previous theory that the heart is nature."
Yang Tinghe nodded and said melancholy: "Wang Bo'an has had many ups and downs in his life, and his determination is far beyond comparison with other people's. After understanding the method of achieving conscience, it is almost natural. It will make it easier for Wang Bo'an to have more insights and persevere in learning.
, this practical science is indeed endlessly mysterious..."
He bowed to Wang Shouren in terms of intellectual understanding. There was nothing he could do about it.
In the past, the emperor sometimes had many witty sayings that made him feel enlightened, but they were never as clear as Wang Shouren's and made it easier for him to understand.
The reason for this is very simple. Confucianism has its own "academic language" system.
Zhu Houcong's language is always more out-of-the-box or more vulgar and superficial, which is actually not very friendly to academic leaders: it is not precise enough, and it is not enough to make people think more about the remarks of their predecessors.
But Wang Shouren is an expert.
For practical studies to be called "learning", they must be systematically elaborated from the perspective of worldview: what is the nature of the world, what are the laws of world change, what is the relationship between human thinking and the existence of the world, how to understand the world and change the world
How about the method.
In fact, from ancient times to the present, although the subject category of "philosophy" has not yet been clearly proposed, the more influential pre-Qin scholars, including religion, cannot avoid the elaboration of the world view.
At this time, there was no clear and specific classification of learning. Among many learnings, only arithmetic, astronomy, calendar, medicine, etc. were independent from the integrated learning of ancient times. The research content of philosophy mainly focused on ontology and cognition.
to expand.
The difference between Neo-Confucianism and Psychology is that there are some differences in views in these aspects.
Now Wang Shouren has reached a higher level and is no longer limited to the framework of Xinxue or pure Neo-Confucianism.
This is certainly due to the fact that Wang Shouren's understanding is very comparable to others, but in Yang Tinghe's view, some of Zhu Houcong's "occasional gains" statements are too thought-provoking.
Thinking of this, he said to his fourth son: "Since you can pass the exam, there is no need to study other knowledge in detail. Not only my father, but also all the counselors are deeply impressed by the exquisiteness of practical science and dialectics. My father.
I have had some conversations with you on weekdays, and now I have these five volumes of Wang Shouren's books. I can study them with peace of mind, and don't be obsessed with the exams next year. In three to five years, the world will understand where the path to learning lies."
Yang Zhen asked in shock: "Three to five years?"
What kind of knowledge can be accepted by more people than after a generation or even several generations of debate in the minds of scholars all over the world?
Is it because His Majesty is behind this practical study? But academic matters must withstand debate after all.
Yang Tinghe waved his hand: "Go back and continue reading, and finish reading the third volume for your father before taking a rest."
In fact, the most thought-provoking thing is the introduction of the principle of things. The principle of all things is the most easily visible, tangible, and proven knowledge. All these knowledge have also been included in this new development of Confucian practice, and the knowledge can be
Proof and feasibility are no longer just words and speculations.
Furthermore, if it is so easy to find errors and omissions in what His Majesty said, how could Yang Ting and these people be so enthusiastic with their skills?
Today's people are better than the ancients... From now on, I'm afraid there is no need to call it the Confucius Temple. How about calling it the Confucian Temple?
So why can’t we add a hall of Neo-Confucianism and a hall of Practical Studies in addition to the hall of Dacheng Wenxuan and his disciples?
Your Majesty said that everything is developing!
Yang Tinghe thought about his status as the "leader of the new party" and read Wang Shouren's results carefully.
He also hopes that he can inspire and write books.
By the time the new law was implemented nationwide in the fifth year of Jiajing's reign, he was nearly seventy years old, and he should have retreated from the rapids.
He, Yang Tinghe, already has a lot of achievements; but in the process of "taking the throne" as a new student, he, Yang Tinghe, still lacks a lot!
In the capital, scholars and officials had a hot topic this time that they had to and must participate in.
The emperor only slapped Li Guan because he ridiculed Confucius, whom he suspected had been dead for many years. The emperor happily encouraged others who quoted scriptures and discussed matters.
At present, Wang Shouren's book is only spread by word of mouth, and many people are not qualified to read the specific text.
But that sentence has already been spread.
There is no learning that lasts for a hundred generations, and there is no method that remains unchanged forever.
Pursuing knowledge is an act, and by doing it, you will have knowledge. When you know there are truths and falsehoods, you will understand them by doing them. True knowledge sometimes changes, and it changes with practice. Only when you practice knowledge successfully can you achieve true knowledge for a while.
"Doesn't this mean that even if we study hard in the cold window, we will only gain temporary true knowledge? In this case, what is the use of learning these sages' classics?"
In the Imperial College, the prison students are the most uneasy.
The provincial examination will be held next year and the national examination the year after that. How will people like them who have read the books of sages for many years cope with it?
Kong Zhewen and the descendants of many sages have become the main targets of "enthusiastic debate" by many people.
He was indeed indignant.
This is just in the Imperial College. Is it okay to express some opinions?
"All dynasties have followed the teachings of sages. Even if there are troubled times, there are still many ruling and prosperous times! From this point of view, this is not a mistake in the learning of sages, but the failure of the people in the dynasty to understand its meaning and use its methods!"
Kong Zhewen's words caused a burst of applause, although they were a bit dangerous.
After saying these words, Kong Zhewen's heartbeat accelerated a little.
All he had to do was name the monarchs and ministers currently in office and say that they did not abide by the old laws and would cause chaos.
"And the Huangming University!" said one of the supervisors, "Do you still remember His Majesty's favor to Zhang Fuking? The son of Yin is to enter the Huangming University! Will the Imperial College cease to exist in the future?"
This sentence resonates even more with most Imperial College students.
Since the Sui Dynasty, the Imperial College has been the highest official school in the country. During the Hongwu period, the Imperial College's status was extremely high. At one time, more than half of the people who passed the imperial examination came from the Imperial College. During the Yongle period, there were nearly 10,000 students in the Imperial College in Nanjing, which was an unprecedented event.
However, since the precedent of "a student with an amount of more than 100 yuan entering the Imperial College" was later set, the influence of the Imperial College has indeed become less and less.
Nowadays, the Imperial College is even more mixed with good and bad. There are those who failed in the examination and were selected by the Hanlin Academy and sent in on the best, as well as Gongjian and Yisheng.
In this tribute prison, it is further divided into Sui Gong, Xingong, Engong and Nagong. Sui Gong and Xingong are generally a bit advanced, but Enyin and the prison students who pay tribute, as well as the Yi students from local officials and even foreign countries,
That's basically just hanging out here.
"In my opinion, with the new law, everything is messed up! Everyone, since Your Majesty has ordered the Ministry of Rites to gather to discuss the ceremony of worshiping the Master, and we are sitting in prison reciting the scriptures of saints and sages every day, why don't we write to Your Majesty and express our opinions together?"
"What you got is right! Respecting teachers and teachings is about to start from scratch!"
Kong Zhewen watched with trepidation as they asked him to take the lead in signing. He was about to recommend a certain eunuch with better academic performance to take the lead, when he saw the Secretary of the Imperial College brought people to carry many pages of books.
"According to the decree, the daily writing class of the supervisors is changed to copying "Exams of Practical Studies and Dialectics" for the reading of hundreds of officials before printing! Each person is not limited to 256 words per day, and it is submitted once a day.
, both regular script and regular script are suitable for calligraphy. Calligraphy and composition can be exempted this month."
"..."
It is true that the supervisors are often assigned repetitive tasks that require a large number of literate people, but this time they were actually asked to copy this book, and many people immediately objected.
The Imperial College Secretary Ye just said coldly: "This month's quiz will be included in the exam. Those who fail to complete it will be considered inferior."
The Imperial College holds twelve major and minor examinations a year, and they are divided into upper, middle and lower grades according to their scores, each with points. Among the six three-level examinations, those who have scored eight points in the past can be promoted or graduated as officers, which is quite a lot.
It's a bit like the college credit system in later generations.
Now that we have to connect small copying tasks with exam lessons? The supervisors do have 256 words of calligraphy homework every day, and six essays every month.
Without any explanation, the Imperial College issued a separate page of paper to each student.
Each person has only one page, and everyone is treated equally, from the prisoner to the barbarian, everyone has to copy it.
It seems that everyone only copied the content on one page. After it is collected, it will probably be bound into another volume.
In this case, how many volumes can you get every day?
Being regarded as a copycat is second best. The key is what is being copied? A new book other than the Confucian classics, originally written by a heretical person!
I came to the Imperial College to study the classics and seek a career. Many people in the Imperial College complained.
Naturally, the pages of the book that were given to me were also circulated.
Some people just read some "fragments" first, and then refuted it angrily.
Whether it caused trouble or not is another matter. After that day, more bits and pieces about this book spread from the Imperial College.
After Wang Zuo compiled today's report, he sent someone to report it to Huang Jin.
After Zhang Jin went to Nanzhili to serve as a garrison eunuch, Zhang Zuo, who was promoted to the chief minister of ceremony, could no longer directly supervise the Jin Yiwei.
Huang Jin's power became even greater.
After he consulted Zhu Houcong, Wang Zuo was ordered to enter the palace and go to the Yangxin Hall.
It was already night, and he stood there and reported seriously: "Since the wall was opened on the Xiyuan side and the Huangming University was rebuilt, the supervisors have been talking a lot. Zhang Wei's staff Shen Wenzhou had previously had a relationship with Kong Zhewen, the tribute supervisor of the Kong family.
I have been paying close attention to our interactions. Your Majesty, today I ordered the supervisors to copy the books. After nightfall, there was a lot of talk in many wine shops and brothels in the city. I am afraid that someone will join forces to cause trouble. Do you want to make some preparations?"
"Let's talk about it when the trouble breaks out." Zhu Houcong only looked at other news in the report. Wang Zuo did not write about this incident in it separately, "Wang Rumei held a banquet, Tang Gao, Wang Qin..."
Wang Rumei, who lost his mind that day, was not punished. Now that he has come forward, he has become a core figure in opposing the re-establishment of Confucius' canon.
Zhu Houcong looked up at him after reading the message: "No one is going to the fourth grade or above?"
Wang Zuo shook his head.
Wang Rumei is from the seventh rank of the Etiquette Department, Wang Qin, the head of the Ministry of War, is from the sixth rank, and Tang Gao, the number one scholar in the ninth year of Zhengde, is currently from the fifth rank of the Hanlin Academy as a lecturer. In addition to the fourth rank, those who attended the banquet
There is one Du Censor on the right side of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, two Liubu doctors of the fifth rank, and most of them are officials in the capital of the sixth or seventh rank.
If you are above the fourth rank, you will be a minister-level figure in the Six Ministries, and you are very close to being a counselor.
Zhu Houcong laughed: The future is still important. Now that the flow of input is so fast, more high-ranking officials are about to be vacated in the world, and there are only a few small shrimps left who are still working together to give it a try.
After reading the report, Zhu Houcong handed it to Huang Jin to keep and then looked at Wang Zuo: "You want to see me, and it's not just about the supervision of students, right? Just tell me."
Wang Zuo saluted: "The news from Huguang is that the King of Liao is seriously ill."
Zhu Houcong's eyes narrowed: "What's going on?"
"...Excessive sexual pleasure." Wang Zuo added, "The impeachment of Jingzhou Prefecture and Huguang Yushi probably also frightened the King of Liao a lot. In short, people from the Yiwei Department reported that the King of Liao was indeed
The illness is serious. Some relatives of the Liao vassal are also planning to sue His Majesty for the foolishness of the King of Liao and the domineering Princess of Liao. Please ask Your Majesty to appoint another King of Liao to make the decision for the Liao vassal."
"Why did you mention Princess Liao?"
"Before the King of Liao went into mourning and enfeoffed him, most of the affairs of the Liao vassal government were handled by the Princess of Liao, Mao. After the King of Liao went to the vassal, he just bribed the relatives in the Liao vassal, begged for favors or reported revenge. In fact, the Princess of Liao...
He has a virtuous reputation, but the Liao vassal has many clan members, so the Princess of Liao cannot help but have many admonitions."
Zhu Houcong calculated the time.
It only took a few months for the King of Liao to formally seize the throne, right? His body became even more broken so quickly?
Although it was his own fault, it would be a big deal if after the Liao Fan was impeached for harming the people during this period, the emperor replaced the Liao Fan with another king or simply eliminated the Liao Fan.
The other vassals would not feel from the standpoint of the common people that the Liao vassal or the King of Liao deserved their punishment. They would only feel that the emperor was really harsh to the vassal king's family.
Wang Zuo waited for the emperor's decision.
Regarding the matter of the Liao vassal, the matter had actually been dealt with before, and the decree was already on the way: Zhu Houcong gave a reprimand, rejected the begging for favor, ordered the King of Liao to return the bribes collected, and fined a large sum of money to the victimized people.
The main contradiction in Jingzhou Prefecture is not that Liao King Zhu Zhige is stupid now, but that the officials of Jingzhou Prefecture are causing trouble.
Zhu Houcong punished Liao Fan, so Jingzhou Prefecture should stop.
But now that Zhu Zhige is seriously ill, if Huguang is "scared to death" by two vassal kings in a short period of time, it may be a bit lively.
Zhu Houcong thought for a moment and then said: "Hurry and go to Jingzhou Mansion to express condolences to the King of Liao on my behalf, and ask the Marquis of Jing'an to invite famous doctors to diagnose his illness."
It's summer, and there are often heavy rains.
In the capital, the supervisors were worried about their future, and many officials in the capital with their own thoughts felt that this was a good opportunity to use Confucius' status to inspire many scholars in the world to build momentum.
Zhang Fujing was on his way to Shandong. The eunuchs and royal guards who rushed to Huguang to express condolences to the King of Liao had already set off.
Wang Shouren had just arrived at Nanchang Mansion. Jiangxi's water patrol censor, Zhu Houcong's sister's consort Yu Chengye, and all the Jiangxi officials went out of the city to greet him.
The person sent by Beijing to tell him the latest situation was also waiting there, bringing him news that would shock the entire Jiangxi province.
Zhang Fu respectfully requested that the ceremony of Confucius be reestablished.
Wang Shouren was stunned: I just sent those volumes of books to the capital, and Your Majesty is not going to have such a big deal, right?
The discussion of worshiping Confucius was no longer limited to the capital, but swept most of the Ming Dynasty.
The Five Military Camp Incident and the Sichuan Incident, in the name of rebellion, many high-ranking officials of the truly die-hard old party have been purged.
Now, the governors of the provinces are even more afraid to take it lightly.
The official officials and local gentry scattered all over the country all had vital interests, and they all knew the impact of taking action on Confucius' status.
In Jinan Prefecture, Shandong Province, the new eunuch Gao Zhong received a "meal" from Qufu.
He opened the food box and looked at the sumptuous "meal" inside.